Explaining The Book

Category: Old Testament

The Old Testament reveals God’s creation, covenant with Israel, and redemptive plan through promises, laws, prophecies, and worship. It foreshadows Christ as the fulfillment of God’s promises, showcasing His faithfulness, justice, and mercy amid humanity’s sin and longing for salvation. Its narratives, poetry, and prophecies point to Christ’s coming kingdom.

  • Zechariah 1 Commentary (Verses 7-12)

    Let’s turn our attention to the first chapter of the Old Testament book of Zechariah. Zechariah 1. We’re going to be studying verses 7-12 today. This first vision that Zechariah receives from the Lord spans from verses 7-17, but we’ll only be covering the first six verses of this vision today. So, let’s read this…

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    Zechariah 1 Commentary (Verses 7-12)

  • What Is Zechariah 1 About? Verses 1-6

    What is Zechariah 1 About? Let’s turn our attention to Zechariah, chapter 1. We’ll be studying the first six verses in this chapter. So, as we overviewed the entire book last time, we saw that there is a lot of hope and encouragement that Zechariah is giving the people of his day – the Jews…

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  • A Summary of Zechariah

    A Summary of Zechariah: So, for the last year and a few weeks, we’ve grown accustomed to turning our attention to the book of Job. But unfortunately we came to the end of that book and now we need to move on to something else. And as I prayed, a few different possibilities were in my mind. Finally,…

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  • Job 42 Summary

    Job 42 Summary: Let’s turn our attention to Job chapter 42. We’ll be studying the last chapter of the book of Job today. We started this series October 15th, 2017. And even though that was more than 52 weeks ago, this is only the 47th lesson in this series. And so, we’ve studied through the…

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  • Job 41 Meaning

    Job 41 Meaning: Let’s turn in our Bibles to Job, chapter 41. Lord-willing, we’ll be finishing this chapter today! We’ll be studying verses 22-34. If you want to study verses 12-21 read this. Verses 1-11 are here. And we’re entering into this section of God responding to Job’s accusations throughout this book. And in this…

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  • Job 41 Leviathan

    Job 41 Leviathan: Let’s turn to Job chapter 41. We’ll be studying verses 12-21 today. You can read our study in Job 41:1-11 here. And of course, this is a continuation of God’s response to Job. And God’s response has included drawing Job’s attention to this creature named Leviathan. And we’ve learned that no one…

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  • Job 41 Commentary

    Job 41 Commentary: We’ll be in the 41st chapter of the book of Job today. I anticipate at most two more lessons after this one. As we enter Job 41, we look back and realize that we’ve been through a lot so far. We were introduced to a man named Job back in chapter 1 who…

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